Dates & Events - University of Saskatchewan

Thu, Oct 1 5:00 pm	JSGS/IPAC/SYN New Professional Networking Event JSGS Events Murray Totland, City Manager, City of Saskatoon
Fri, Oct 2 9:30 am	Professional Writing Workshop Series: Writing Government Documents JSGS Events This workshop will provide a brief overview of government writing. You will learn what makes a successful government document by improving weak briefing notes and cabinet decision items.
Fri, Oct 2 1:00 pm	Professional Writing Workshop Series: Writing Academic Assignments JSGS Events Through activities, you will learn how to develop strong academic essays, book and article reviews, essay exams and other academic assignments. You will learn to develop ideas logically ...
Tue, Oct 6 9:00 am	IPAC-SK Conference: Innovation in the Public Sector JSGS Events IPAC Saskatchewan is excited to host a two-day conference on October 6 and 7, 2015 in Regina on the theme of Innovation in the Public Sector.
Tue, Oct 6 10:00 am	Professional Writing Workshop Series: Writing Government Documents JSGS Events Heather McWhinney, Honours B.A. English; M.L.S.; CERTESL
Wed, Oct 7 9:00 am	IPAC-SK Conference: Innovation in the Public Sector JSGS Events IPAC Saskatchewan is excited to host a two-day conference on October 6 and 7, 2015 in Regina on the theme of Innovation in the Public Sector.
Wed, Oct 7 12:30 pm	JSGS U of S PhD and MPP Student Presentations JSGS Events Presentations by Tamer Qarmout, PhD Candidate; Kathy Johnson, MPP Student; Boa Kim, MPP Student; and Kristin Bruce, MPP Student
Wed, Oct 7 2:00 pm	Basic Writing Skills: Mastering the English Sentence JSGS Events Heather McWhinney, Honours B.A. English; M.L.S.; CERTESL
Wed, Oct 7 3:30 pm	Student Lecture: Heroes, Fools and Knaves: Narrative Advertising in the Federal Election Campaign JSGS Events Stanford Borins, Professor of Public Management, Department of Management, University of Toronto-Scarborough
Thu, Oct 8 7:00 pm	Agriculture in a Growing World JSGS Events Patrick Moore, The Sensible Environmentalist
Fri, Oct 9 9:00 am	Student Workshop: From Open Government to Open Governance JSGS Events Facilitated by Justin Longo, Cisco Systems Research Chair in Big Data and Open Government, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Tue, Oct 13 9:00 am	Student Workshop: From Open Government to Open Governance JSGS Events Facilitated by Justin Longo, Cisco Systems Research Chair in Big Data and Open Government, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Tue, Oct 13 10:00 am	Professional Writing Workshop Series: Writing Academic Assignments JSGS Events Heather McWhinney, Honours B.A. English; M.L.S.; CERTESL
Wed, Oct 14 5:00 pm	IPAC Lieutenant Governor's Gold Medal Award Ceremony JSGS Events The 2015 ceremony will honour Clare Isman, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance
Fri, Oct 16 9:30 am	Basic Writing Skills Series: Mastering the English JSGS Events We will review basic grammar and sentence structure and review common student errors such as fragments, run-on sentences and comma splice problems.
Fri, Oct 16 1:00 pm	Basic Writing Skills Series: Improving Your Academic Vocabulary and Style JSGS Events Through a series of activities, you will learn how to use academic vocabulary and how to write in the academic style that is preferred in North America.
Mon, Oct 19 10:00 am	JSGS Student Workshop: Case Competition Training JSGS Events Dionne Pohler, Assistant Professor; Dale Eisler, Senior Policy Fellow; Gillian Borys, Student Experience Officer
Tue, Oct 20 10:00 am	Professional Writing Workshop Series: Writing Literature Reviews JSGS Events Heather McWhinney, Honours B.A. English; M.L.S.; CERTESL
Tue, Oct 20 5:00 pm	Student Lecture: Minister Docherty JSGS Events Mark was first elected to the Saskatchewan legislature as the MLA for Regina Coronation Park in 2011.
Wed, Oct 21 10:00 am	JSGS Public Lecture - Election 2015: Economic, Political, and Policy Consequences JSGS Events Moderated by Dr. Jeremy Rayner
Wed, Oct 21 2:00 pm	Basic Writing Skills: Improving your Academic Vocabulary and Style JSGS Events Heather McWhinney, Honours B.A. English; M.L.S.; CERTESL
Thu, Oct 22 7:00 pm	Public Lecture - Saskatchewan, the Next Norway? JSGS Events Dr. Greg Poelzer, JSGS Professor
Fri, Oct 23 2:30 pm	Public Lecture: From Treaty Peoples to a Treaty Nation: The Federal Election and the Future of Aboriginal Relations in Canada JSGS Events Dr. Greg Poelzer, Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Tue, Oct 27 10:00 am	Professional Writing Workshop Series: Doing Effective Research JSGS Events Heather McWhinney, Honours B.A. English; M.L.S.; CERTESL
Tue, Oct 27 11:00 am	JSGS Public Lecture - Public Engagement, Social Media and Health Policy: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges in the Stem Cell Sector JSGS Events Presented by Amy Zarzeczny, Assistant Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Wed, Oct 28 5:00 pm	Right to Know - Journalists' and Government Perspectives JSGS Events Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. - Kofi Annan
Wed, Oct 28 7:00 pm	Public Lecture - Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls: Revealing the Numbers Game JSGS Events Talk delivered by the Honourable Senator Lillian Dyck, Gordon First Nation

October 2015